This one has it all.... A wonderful bready, malty, yeasty body... Apples and figs and apricots dance around the edges. Finishes with hint of tartness.... Wonderful! Starts with a nice 2 finger head, with some lacing. The carbonation is high and finishes with a zip. This one is for sipping on a cool or warm day. Any day.

Bottle BB 2/11/20; Reddish amber pour with fluffy white head. Beautiful belgian candy sugar nose with caramel, spice and fruity yeast aromas. The taste doesn't match that nose. The belgian candy sugars and stone fruits flavors are there but muted and a little watery. Ends with an astringent boozy finish. Light mouthfeel, a little watery. Soft pillowy carb. This is a good beer but I had very high expectations given how great their quad is.

Pours a sparkling brown with medium-large head that dissipates with only spotty lace. Nose is malt syrup, a bit of brown bread, marshmellow?, and actually some pleasant boozy notes. All of these were a bit weak at the beginning but come out more and more as the beer warms. Taste is similar but more towards the malt fruits. Even more than the nose, this improves as it warms and loses some carbonation. Simple at the beginning and a much richer flavor profile towards the end. Overall, a very good beer at the end...just don't drink this one too cold or you will be a little disappointed.

aged 3 and a half years but just past best by date. pours a cloudy (due to yeast sediment but not in clumps) amber brown with an off white head that dissipates quickly. the nose is caramel and toffee with earthy yeast esters. herbal hops and a soft presence of alcohol. medium body with a rich texture. carbonation and astringency are significant. flavor is a balanced combo of raisins, caramel and candy sugar sweetness supplemented by the bitterness. finishes dry as the astringency and bitterness fade.

It's a lot about nuts and a bit about banana and clove. This not too sweet in the taste and very dry almost tannic mouthfeel. It's an okay beer, maybe a good one to go with some food. It's very light for a 7.5% abv beer and no boozy at all. Still you can taste the historic craftmenship in that beverage

L-Quite good amber color, head fades quite fast
S-Can't describe the smell very good, but it is really fruity, certainly liking it.
T-Also very fruity, had only a very strange taste in my mouth afterwards
F-Actually feels very good ,really soft on the mouth
O- I would really recommend this beer to everyone who would like to taste a very good beer qualified as "dubbel", it's one of the best ones i've ever tasted

Pours a hazy medium amber with off white head. Foam is frothy but quickly dies off with a slight ring that can be coerced with a swirl. Burnt orange on the nose with dark fruit in the background. Flavour is somewhat subdued but still lots of character. Finishes herbal with prickly carbonation

L- hazy dark amber color with a big amount of head
S-alcohol smell with a wine chocolate aroma
T-wine and dark cherry taste with an alcohol warming in the aftertaste
F- high carbonation and full body
O-great taste with a taste that left me wanting more

The flavor profile is very good but lacks the complexity and intensity to be outstanding. Separation is a bit lacking but the flavors of the nose can be discerned. It begins a bit charred then flows to light fruit and caramel. Bitterness is virtually absent. The finish reveals a bit of clove.

Appearance: Poured into a a tulip. Has a very misty light brown body with a light tan head. Moderate retention with some lacing.
Smell: Sweet smell of prunes, dates and honey
Taste: To me, the taste is more toasted than the smell, but it's also quite fruity. Surprisingly toasty for a 6 though.
Mouthfeel: A medium body with light/moderate carbonation.
Overall: A toasty and fruity double. Definitely a good beer!

This Belgian dubbel pours a somewhat opaque reddish brown color with a fairly large white foamy head. The scent is quite mild for a Belgian beer with only a hint of sweet bread and maybe a light fruit aroma as well. The taste, however, is not. There is a fairly sweet caramel and brown bread flavor from the malts, which are fairly assertive for a dubbel. There is a mild fruit flavors of dates or maybe raisins, but it is definitely a background element. The taste of alcohol is also most definitely present, more so than with the average dubbel. The body is on the high end of medium and the finish is semi-dry. Overall I would say this is a nice robust, but not all that complex dubbel. It is very enjoyable, but it is not mind blowing like the quad from this brewery is.

Pours a dull tawny brown with a two finger tan head that reasonably quickly dissipated. Left no lacing but a thin tan film along the top of the beer with a thicker ring around the outside edge.

Smell is full of aromas of prune, raisins, dates and spice. Undertones of malt, honey and floral notes.

Taste follows the nose with notes of prunes, raisins and dates followed quickly by a slightly sweet bready malt. The malt is bready but buttery. Tannin like notes provide a very dry finish. Certainly get some notes of the alcohol in this and it leaves you pleasantly warmed. The favors on this are some smooth and well blended. Its a remarkable beer.

Feel is a bit thin with mild carbonation. Silky smooth and buttery. Very dry finish. Booze is warming, but doesn't produce any noticeable feel in the mouth.

Overall this is a remarkable beer. One of the best I've ever had and certainly on my short list of favorites. Absolutely must try if you come across it.

Appearance: Pours a slightly hazy light brown with orange glints, with thick, three-finger khaki head that lingers into a frothy, spotty cap. Excellent lacing, and outstanding retention. Hear that head crackling. That's the first time in all my reviews I've been inclined to comment about the sound of a beer. Needless to say, ample carbonation.

Smell: Remarkably floral, like the soap we had when I stayed in the Dominican Republic - clean, light, almost artificial in sweet floweriness. Followed by some sweet malt, and yeast.

Taste: Off-sweet malty arrival, quickly turning floral - think day lilies, hyacinths, and lilacs on your tongue, in a bed of light, slightly sweet, and bready malt. Like flowers and Challah bread. Finish turns to more pure bready maltiness, and then a little lingering spice like ginger or clove, but not full-on in your face clove, just a bit.

Mouthfeel: Very actively carbonated, and on the light side of full-bodied. Lighter than I expected it to be, to tell you the truth. Fairly clean, not slick.

Overall: Many people like the 10 better than the 8 or this. I have never had the 8, but the 10 was just overpowering and syrupy. This shows off the finesse of the yeast, and the interplay between the phenols and the malt is just great. At 7.5% it's still a lot of alcohol, but it won't wreck you, so you can make it a treat and at the same time keep your wits about you. The smell alone would make me come back to this beer again before long, and it could be a regular for special occasions.

One of the best breweries in the world makes only 3 beers.
Something to think about.

Reviewed in Roger Protz' CAMRA classic "300 Beers To Try Before You Die!"

MJ's "Great Beers of Belgium" gave an extensive review, as he did of all the Trappists. He gave Rochefort 6 these words " a reddish color ; a soft body and an earthy, herbal palate developing a deep fruitiness."
MJ's 1999 "Guide" gave 8 only 2.5 stars of 4.

330ml Bottle from Whole Foods Market, Giffnock (£2.99):
Another very nice beer from Rochefort, not as strong, full-bodied or flavoursome as their Rochefort 10 but that was to be expected; still an excellent beer in its own right with some great fruity sweetness & sugars coming through on top of a well-balanced body. I liked the caramel that made an appearance early on & their was some light malts that worked well making this one quite an enjoyable beer; I'm definitely looking forward to getting hold of Rocherfort 8 the next chance I get.

Poured into a goblet
Hazy amber color, two finger tall head, very cloudy
I probably spent the longest smelling this beer than other ones under my belt. It did give me a wine vibe, with sweet grape aromas and a robust yeast presence
Taste is very fruity, grape, almost nectarine.. And what sort of feels like a peppermint aftertaste. The alcohol is masked at first and stands out after a few sips. Smooth mouth feel
If this is just the 6 I'm very excited to get to 10